Which of the following describes the land-based empires of the Russians, Safavids, and Ottomans?
a. Political power was tenuous in neighboring territories.
b. Core areas of each empire had once been conquered and administered by Mongols.
c. Military power in the new territories was weak.
d. Armies were archaic and underfinanced.
e. Relationships between steppe nomads and settled agricultural peoples were hostile.
b
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A) Judaism B) Christianity C) Mithraism D) Stoicism
Which statement best describes the debate over the Louisiana Purchase?
a. Thomas Jefferson argued that the absence of constitutional authority to acquire territory should not prevent the country from doing it. b. Federalists argued that the absence of constitutional authority to acquire territory should not prevent the country from doing it. c. Thomas Jefferson argued that the Louisiana Purchase was an unnecessary, wasteful expenditure. d. Federalists argued that if the United States did not obtain this territory, the United States would be justified in seizing it.
Why did John Adams believe that land ownership was vital to society?
a. Land ownership would make people more conservative, and that would counteract any democratic impulses. b. Adams had lost his land when he took the unpopular position of representing British soldiers who participated in the Boston Massacre, and he knew how important the issue was. c. He opposed slavery and felt that if small farmers owned land, they would have the power to outvote slaveowners. d. Government would have to encourage it, and Adams believed in an activist federal government. e. If more people owned land, it would be less likely that fixed and unequal social classes would emerge.
The middle classes found their identification in ______________.
A. occupation and education B. location of housing within the city C. religious affiliation D. accumulation of goods E. participation in skilled occupations